The End of the Lyubavines (1972)
Based on the novel by Vasiliy Shukshin "The Lyubavines". In the winter of 1922, the Rodionovs, Vasiliy Platonovich and his nephew Kuzma, came to the remote Siberian village of Baklan, disguised as teachers sent from the district center to organize and build a school. In fact, this is an old Bolshevik and a young worker, authorized by the GPU, and their main task is to find out the whereabouts of a large and very dangerous gang, led by a former Kolchak officer, who instills fear in local residents.
Director: Leonid Golovnya
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Albert Akchurun as Kuzma |
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Marianna Vertinskaya as Mariya |
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Valeri Khlevinsky as Yegor |
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Galina Yatskina as Klavdiya |
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Vatslav Dvorzhetsky as Vasiliy Platonovich |
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Georgi Zhzhyonov as Yemelyan Lyubavin |
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Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as Zakrevskiy |
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Yuri Gusev as Makar |
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Aleksey Vanin as Yashka |
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Eduard Izotov as Grinka |
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Roman Filippov as Fedya |
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Nikolai Parfyonov as Yelizar |
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Nina Sazonova as Agafya |
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Leonid Iudov as Sergei Fyodorovich |
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Lyubov Sokolova as Mikhailovna |
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Vsevolod Safonov as chief of the ChK |
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Nikolai Barmin as police chief |
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Fyodor Odinokov as chekist |
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Nikolay Smorchkov as peasant |
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Galina Komarova as Nyura |
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Yuriy Bogolyubov as investigator (uncredited) |
| Directing | Leonid Golovnya | Director |
| Writing | Leonid Golovnya | Writer |
| Visual Effects | Nikolay Zvonaryov | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Pyotr Malanichev | Visual Effects Camera |
| Art | Boris Tsaryov | Production Design |
| Writing | Vasiliy Shukshin | Novel |
| Writing | Leonid Nekhoroshev | Writer |
| Camera | Boris Brozhovsky | Director of Photography |
| Art | Ivan Plastinkin | Production Design |
| Sound | Nikolay Karetnikov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Boris Zuyev | Sound |
| Editing | Raisa Novikova | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Galina Zhekulina | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Baskakova | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Aleksandr Petukhov | Conductor |
| Camera | Vladimir Fridkin | Camera Operator |
| Art | Evgeniy Korablyov | Set Decoration |